Eulepidotis modestula

Eulepidotis modestula is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1869. It is found on Saint Kitts, Dominica, Grenada, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Cuba, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, as well as in Ecuador.[2]

Eulepidotis modestula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Eulepidotis
Species:
E. modestula
Binomial name
Eulepidotis modestula
Synonyms
  • Palindia modestula Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
  • Eulepidotis modesta

The larvae feed on Ceiba pentandra.[3]

References

  1. Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 29, 2012.
  2. "Eulepidotis modestula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)". Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Eulepidotis modestula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 2, 2018.


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